Review: Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre BD + Screen Caps

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre is the latest movie attempting to take advantage of the Sharknado craze and while I guess some might find some fun out of it, I never found it funny and was a chore to even sit through.

 

 

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre
(2016)

REVIEW NAVIGATION
The Movie | Special Features | Video Quality | Audio Quality | Overall

Genre(s): Horror, Comedy
Shout Factory | NR – 83 min. – $19.97 | May 3, 2016

Date Published: 05/04/2016 | Author: The Movieman

MOVIE INFO: Directed by: Jim Wynorski Writer(s): Jim Wynorski & William Dever (screenplay) Cast: Dominique Swain, Cindy Lucas, Christine Nguyen, Corey Landis, John Callahan, Amy Holt, Traci Lords DISC INFO: Features: Commentary, Still Gallery Digital Copy: No Formats Included: Blu-ray Number of Discs: 1 Audio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1) Video: 1080p/Widescreen 1.78 Subtitles: English SDH Disc Size: NA Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Region(s): A

PLOT SYNOPSIS

When a fracking mishap accidentally rips apart the earth’s crust, the resulting hole opens up a gaping underground waterway leading to a vast and mysterious subterranean ocean somewhere deep below. Instantly, giant prehistoric sharks begin wending their way upward toward a murky bog in the heart of the Arkansas bayou. Unfortunately for a group of female prisoners on a work detail in the swamp, the deadly sharks attack without warning – pinning a hapless group of potential victims in a small deserted cabin in the heart of the wetlands. For these wayward women, death may be the only means of escape.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 1.25/5

The features are a tad limited with only an Audio Commentary with Director Jim Wyndrski and Actresses Cindy Lucas and Amy Holy and a Still Gallery.

 

VIDEO – 3.0/5

Shout, released through their Scream Factory line, presents Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre onto Blu-ray shown with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio. It’s not exactly a great looking 1080p high-definition transfer as it has that all-telling DTV glossy look where skin tones are waxy in texture but at least it’s clean looking…

 

AUDIO – 3.25/5

The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is serviceable enough with clean sounding dialogue levels but it is on the limited side for the “action”-centric sequences while ambient noises are vastly limited. It’s not the most robust sounding lossless track, even by DTV standards, but works well enough for the type of movie this is.

 

OVERALL – 1.5/5

Overall, Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre is the latest movie attempting to take advantage of the Sharknado craze and while I guess some might find some fun out of it, I never found it funny and was a chore to even sit through. The Blu-ray released through Shout Factory is limited on the features while the video and audio transfers were, at best, average.

 

 

 

 

Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers.